Scope and Content

Scope and Content

Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from John McLuckie in which he
informs Bower that he has been successful in finding the prothalli of the fern
Schizaea supertus and describes it. He discusses the war and describes its
impact in Australia where he claims the average Australian student is
disinterested although he remarks that a recruitment campaign in New South
Wales is about to start and that Austalia has been fundraising to help with the
war. He discusses the current impasse between Russia and Germany in Poland and
the effect it will have - the encouragement of the Turks and the Germans and
the delaying of any action by Romania and Bulgaria. The final sheet of the
letter contains an apology for forgetting to post the letter and a warning to
Bower to expect startling things in the botanical world soon. He mentions that
he has found the archyoma of the fern Schizaea supertus but has left
Abercrombie Anstruther Lawson to continue research while he concentrated on
physiology. He asks after ex-colleagues including James Montagu Frank Drummond,
Robert Chapman Davie and John McLean Thompson.